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La'aban (right on both pictures) with light feathering on the ears, left Da'ajah © E. Dawsari
A daughter of the two, Jet, is the mother of Gail Goodman distrusts the Saluki types
Laba'an II al Khalij, who is still included as a described by Florence Amherst. Precisely
Saluki (according to FCI breed standard) in because she only knew them from
various Sloughi lines (according to FCI breed hearsay. And because the Arabs
standard) today. Perhaps this was the one traditionally proceeded as Elizabeth
mistake because it is difficult to distinguish Dawsari so vividly describes it to us.
a Saluki from a Saluki if only the general There are feathered and smooth-coated
Arabic word for "sighthound" is used, namely Saluki types. However, she worries about
"Saluki". the future of the breed because we
choose what to accept as Saluki and what
Elizabeth Dawsari writes: not. She sees the problem with the new
"La'aban is the correct name for the Saluki breeders who often have too little
belonging to Barghash An-Naimi, a Bedouin background knowledge.
of the Khalidi tribe and friend of my husband
(also a Bedouin). The spelling you referenced Nevertheless, different types of Salukis
... Laba'an is incorrect ... the result of people have developed in the different areas of
who do NOT KNOW ARABIC trying to write the Near and Middle East, but we
down an Arabic word in their own language. I Westerners can still not say that this type
hate it when that happens." * is from here and this type is from there.
This is what makes a standardized
assignment so difficult among the Salukis.
*Editor's note: this spelling was provided by
Dr. John Burchard, Laba'an II al Khalij's
breeder, who lived many years in Saudi
Arabia.
